Haistd-opsbated addressing machine



Dec. 6, 1927. 1,651,762

- E. A. GEIGER 1 HAND OPERATED ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed Dec. 27, 1-926 5 Sheets-Sheet l Illllllllllllllllll Illllllllllllllllk INVENTOR ATTORNEY Dec. 6, 192 7.

E. A. GEIGER HAND OPERATED ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed Dec. 27. 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 'INVENTOR Erwin Q ezqer ATTORNEY Dec. 6, 1927. 1,651,762

E. A. GEIGER HAND OPERATED ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed Dec. 27, 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR 3 Erwin Q. Gezqer ATTORNEY Dec. 6, 1927.

E. A. GEIGER HAND OPERATED ADDRESSING MACHINE Filed Dec.27 1925 5 Shee'tsSheet 4 INVENT OR [rwz'n Q 66 lye? B Wfl ATTORNEY 7 Dec. 6, 1927.. 1,651,762

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Application filed December 2 This izwehthim embodies c ole improve ments on hand operetetl white: mechmee ot the type illustrated in peltehtz-l to Edwin D. Bell-mop llo. 1308,5368, grotltee Dee-e111- het l2. ltllo and No. lgil'lhltltl, greeted Plovemher 6th, 19223. The hes-3t toro t of uppel'a-tus e1 ooclying this oe hat io'vez'ltloh movie .to me 1. I hymg hve sheets:

at pro eccohlp Which:

Fig. 1 is; e Fltle elevation of the machine' Fig. 2 is cletell elentlon ot the hood crook end. a pot'tio of ihe dlqzllcttitg meeheeienl in poeitlon to begin duplieetc printing.

Fig, 3 lb :1 plan VlGW. l a "are. teeil hnlc e 111 pos 111g corresponding to t 121 ettotetl in the the Wings in Fig. 5 is eslmilm vieiv ehowinf; petite 1n the posltlon assumed when a coal is; 311st ctttenno; the pl'mtmg zone.

Fig. (l is e ehnilor View showing the llcohtt'lp petl to disable the cord feeding eppemtue preparatory to re ee/t prh: from the coral then in the printing H0115} :o1"-espending to that of the 1mtheitulew ot the. tt'l apine' mecho'z'lism shown in l? seetl 2 Fig. 8 ls a slh'llhll' section ehowllw parts to position fitSEHll'lfiil for skipping, the clutch dieenoge ll jlgz. S) is; a detail of the clutch shown in ll igg'e. 7 and 8 in another altlseoomge(l pooh tion.

Fig. I is fragmentary detail Showing; the ratchet cltivlhh' n'lechen'lem T the plat to sector, pen-ts behto; in the poeitlon assumed flilllllg e.- piohltin operation.

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like reterehce 'el'l own before it has to:

iv the ll'krftlll frame, as shown in *r' and. t3,

( screw end clamped thereto hy the set In line with short shaft- 9' and ex ohle towe 'rl and from it is; the shaft 9, it single jaw clutch l is formed h}; cutting away the abutting ends 01" shafts 9 and 9 so thotwhen shaft 9 is forced to the lettt by opting; 13 hearing on collar l ltest on the sho'ft the clutch is in engagement and, l'ot tion ot the heml creel; Clll also .130- tete ehott 9 and inking sector 11, and the iltictiohfll cord feeding sector 81 carried thereby. 12 To a fixed pin set in the 11 e111 1' he en tteg'og a corresponding recess in the :inkihg eector when the httt 2. is forced the right, (looking Figs, 7 owl 8) so as to (lieetg'egle clutch 15 as shown. in Figs.

end 9. To llOlLl the clutch in this diseneggcmeht until shaft 9 is turned for enough to luring the projecting jaws into ehutting position, as generally indicated in 9, I provide a to ring; 27 mounted on the sleeve 30 surroumlltg the ClUl CA we and adapted to engage the notch in oha'lt 5) as shown in Fig. 8. tlleeve 30 is :testenetl to shaft 9 by set screw 29 so that epriny' 27 revolves with the hand crank zmrl released from notch 28 otter the hand cmnlc has made a pettiel revolution (ehott 9 being static! e133,). hut by this tlme the jewe 0E eutch l5 are in partially ohutting; position anal the clutch therefore heltl open until the hood 0 'enh hate neatly completml o l'evolutioth at which letter time the clotch jaw, slip beck ally movi lul sector into on ed oosjtion as shown m Flex 4. by

S'Dl'lllti" 1! the epl'lhfl throw 2? heioo; ellcl over heyoncl. the notch 5 there oppo selcl notch. through o. cent .Hl hot ".7

, outtoo the operate? into the position ehoo'n in .13; the clutch .(l locking 1]. in mieecl 1: ltieo action of eorlh fine-e '5" end pin (lie. the shot 9 it the gem? meshing ';l at similar 26 on e thlrcl shot 17 which entries platen sector 16 beneath. mle ctor 11. This platen e etor is loose on It! hot may the inking sec l ow ing zonedurina" consecutive printin clockwise direction, looking at Figs. 10 and 11, by the ratchet mechanism there illustrated comprising the pawl 19 pivoted on driving sector 18 and engaging a single tooth 19 on the inner surface of platen sector 16. Driving sector 18 is held fast on shaft 17 by set screw 18 From the foregoing description it is evident that when clutch 15 is in engagement and the hand crank 24 is rotated in clockwise direction as indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, inking sector 11 and platen sector 16 will rotate in unison, that when clutch 15 is disengaged and inking sector 11 locked by engaging pin 12 and hand crank 24 is rotated in a counter-clockwise direction, neither the inking sector 11. nor the platen sector 16 will rotate, and that when clutch 15 is so disengaged and the hand crank 2st is rotated in clockwise direction, inking sector 11 will alone remain stationary, but platen sector 16 will then rotate idly, having no pressure element with which to cooperate.

Two card feeding mechanisms are em ployed in this apparatus, one, the usual reciprocating claw feed, not illustrated in detail, for feeding cards out of magazine X into guides G and onward to receiving magazine Y, thus forcing them along through the inking and impression mechanism in regular order for continuous printing or skipping, the other comprising revolving friction sector 31 (best shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 12) which is fast on shaft 9 and prjects through a cut away portion of one of the card guides to bear upon the edge of that one of the cards 33 which is in the printing zone, as clearly shown in Fig. 12. This friction feed cooperates with the reciprocating feed to push the card through the printg, is out of action during any'skipping operation, and is the only feeding mechanism operated during repeat printing, at which time it moves the card in the printing zone back and forth for the number of printing opera tions required to be performed therewith.

The reciprocating card feeding mechanism comprises a slide 8, (Figs. 4c, and 6) to which the upper end of the feed lever 7 is pivoted, and driving link 6 which is pivoted to lever 7 at a point intermediate of its length-and also to the oscillating lever .21 which is loosely mounted on the shaft of bell crank 38 and connected at its other end by link 20 to platen sector 16. Links at and 4 pivoted together at A, form a knee joint by cooperation of the stop 23 carried by link 4-. Link i is pivoted at i on a portion of the main frame B, and the free end of link 4 is pivoted to feed lever 7 at 22. When links 4 and 4 are held down by gravity in the position shown in Figs. 1. 4 and 5, they hold pin 22 rigidly in a fixed posit-ion as a'rigid fulcrum for feed lever '7 so that as the inking and platen sectors .11 and 16 rotate, the reciprocating movements of link 20, lever 21 and link (3, will oscillate lever 7 on such rigid fulcrum and cause the usual claw feed to deliver cards from magazine X to guides G.

If, however, the knee joint A is broken or collapsed by forcing the linkage upward into the position shown in Fig. 6, any pull on link 6 will merely cause the k s oint to collapse further into the poo on shown in dotted lines therein, thus transforming pin 22 into a floating fulcrum and transmitting no motion to the feed slide 8. ldlllr break ing of the knee joint is effected by the bell crank ti -3 when the short arm 3 thereof is forced to the left shown in Fig. 2, by partial rotation of the trip lever 2 mounted on pivot A stop 2 provided for limiting this rotation of the trip lever 2 and so preventing it from going in either direction beyond the positions shown in 1 and 2.

The trip lever 2 is operated for the purpose of oscillating bell. crank 3-3 by plunger 1 carried by crank handle 1 (see Figs. 3-and 7). A spring 1 (Fig. 3) uormally holds the plunger in the projected position shown in both figures of drawing so that it will strike trip lever 2, but when the handle is pulled outward, this plunger will then pass over trip lever 2.

Such being the preferred cmistruction of parts, the operation is as follows: ll ith the parts in normal position shown in Fig. l the operator grasps the crank handle 1. pulls it outward and rotates it in a clockwise direction to consecutively ford sten il cards along guides G, and inserts the envelope or article on which printing is to be done in the guides between the inking sector 11 and platen sector 16 when the latter are in the position shown in Fig. 41-. This will produce consecutive iirinting, on all articles fed to the machine by the operator, from all of he cards fed from the magazine X. erator pulls the handle 1 outward so that plunger 1 clears trip lever 2. the operation is continuous. If he does not pub the handle out far enough, plunger 1 till strike lever 2 at the end of each revolut on and the handle must then he pulled. out before another revolution can he made.

If the operator desires to sk p c rd. a tier looking at it as it lies in the guides G be tween the magazine X and the inking and impression mechanism. he pushes in plunger as shown in full liner; in Fig. thereby breaking clutch and locking the inking sector in raised position. T hereafter a clockwise rotation of crank will feed that card to the receiving magazine Y without printing from it. At the con lusion of this cycle the clutch 15 goes into engagement and spindle 10 is pushed out into the posi' tion shown in Fig, 7. If the next card is If the op ill) llfi

to be skipped spindle 10 must be pushed in again. otherwise consecutive printing is re sumed.

It, however, the operator Wishes to print repeatedly from the card in the printing zone he first makes a reverse or counterclockwise revolution of the hand crank so that plunger 1" strikes trip lever 2 on the other side, forcing it into the position shown in Fig. 2. During this counter revolution the'feeding sector 3]. feeds the card back along the guides, but no inking operation occurs, the platen sector 16 is allowed to rest in its lowermost position because the pawl 19 exerts no driving "i OlCe upon it While roteting in the direction indicated in F 1.1. This consequently leav s the feed slide 8 at rest and no card is tell toru'ard. from the magazine to interfere With the llttdlfiitlltil n ovenient ot the card in the pfilitlng Zone. lVhen plunger l forces trip lever2 into the position shown in Fig. 2, as above described, the lat? raises arm 3 of the bell c'ank into the position shown in Fig. 6, the parts passing through the intermediate positions shown in Fig. This breaks the knee. joint sink as the end of a in 3 then engages notch 5 in link :l as there shown, the knee joint is held '11 this initiall broken condition While the operator begins giving the hand crank another clockwise revolution to bring the card back between the inking and platen sectors tor a second printing. The knee joint is thus held in this position until the lever 21 begins to swing and pull link 6 and feed lever 7 toward. it. The knee joint then further collapses into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 6, and no motion transmitted to the teed slide 8. Belhcrenk 3-l is then released frou'i engagement with notch 5 and ('llOpS back into nor uul position shown in Figs. .1. and t. When the clockwise rotzriimi ol' the crank to 1 repeat printing has been. completed, the pars are thro ill or dropped back into the position shown in Figs. l and 4t. and ordinary printing or skipping can he resumed or another repeat printing may be perl'orined as above described.

lit \vi ll be observed that the torc-zgoing up pa nti s last described disables the recipro eating feed during both we becl ward and forward revolutions oi" the hand crank. Duringthe backward revolution the disabling results l'roni the action oi the ratchet mechanism 1919 which leaves platen sector 16 quiescent and so transmits no motion to link 20. During the succeeding torn'erd rotation no motion is transmitted to the slide 8 because the knee joint has been broken and the n'iot-ion then tITtD l'I'XlttCQl to link 20 results only in idly oscillnt' .19" lever 7 upon its upper pivot.

While I have illustrated and described my invention as applied to a printing apparatus employing stencil cards as an element, it is evident that it could be easily modified to operate with other forms of address hearing strips "Without departing from the principle oi the invention or requiring other than slight changes in the instrumentalities embodying the principles of operation above set forth.

The inking sector 11 may be faced with an absorbent material adapted to receive and retain a large supply of ink, such as described in Patents No. 1.208.268 and No. 1.208250 granted Edwin D. llelknap December 12th, 1916., or the ink may be continuously supplied to it by any one of many Well-known terms of inking device.

Having described my invention. 1 clain i. In on addressing i'nachine having 5 encil card guides, a reciprocating ll'lQll'll'JGI' tor the ling said cards into said guides, revoluble inking and platen sectors between which said cards ere icd along said guides and a crank mechanism tor roti'iting said sictors, the coinliiiinition. with said above deeo'ibed appaintus. of a lever connected to said reciprocating member at one end and to the crank mechanism atu point intermediate of its ends, a movable :tulcruin atthe other end of Paid lever and inenns adapted to hold said itiilcruin rigidly 'WllBll the cards are to be fed along quid guides, but to ten'iporarily role it u'l en the feeding action is to be ii'uerrupted;

2. 1" combination such as defined in claim 1 in which said last i'nentioned means C0111 prises a knee joint mechanism coi'isisting of two pivotally connected links. one of which is pivoted to said leveund the other to a lined pin and intermittently a ting inc/clain snl tor teiupoinrily :torcin s. id links out 0 line one with the other, thereby breaking sold knee joint.

2}. A. ineclun'iisin for disabling a reciprorziting card lircding'cluu. which nioclninisni coiupi" in cinnbinatiim. a lever pivoted at one of its endi j) suid claw, a normally stiti' knee l c2611] o'l links extending from i fixed ivot end conntuttod to said lover at a second point therein. i'neans for continuously ir llatnig said lever connected to it :it u

and l v :e to" collapsd 1 lto in- )1. ii coinbinetioifeuch lelfin d in in i i 1 lGVQYCOIUPI'lSGS han s lk and coon ions theretrmn to said lever. and in which said device for collaiisiiiip' said lore joint coniprises a swingii'ig inen'ihe'r. pted to throw said knee-joint niechauirun out of line. and an adjustable projecting element on crank adapted to vibrate suid swinging nieinher when said element i held in proper po sition during rotation oi said crank.

A. combination such defined in claim lilfi 3 in which said means for oscillating said prises a bell crank, one arm of which is adapted to strike the knee joint, a finger mounted on. a fixed pivot engaging the other arm of said bell crank, and an adjustable plunger in said hand crank adapted to strike said finger when projecting from the crank a certain distance, but to pass over it when withdrawn toward the crank.

6. In hand operated addressing machine the combination of a reciprocating card feedingmechanism, a lever pivoted at one end thereto, a hand crank, an operative connection from said crank to said lever, two links pivoted together, to a fixed support and to said lever, means for holding said links sub stantially in line one with another, whereby they then form a rigid fulcrum for said lever, and a trip device optionally operable through the agency of said crank for forcing said links out of line and temporarily holding them inthat position, whereby they become free to swing on their connecting pivot and no longer form a rigid fulcrum for said lever.

7. A combination such as defined in claim 6 in which said trip device comprises a bell crank, one arm of which is adapted to engage a notch in the adjacent link when the same has been swung slightly out of line with the other link by said bell crank and thereby constitute said temporary holding means,

8. In an addressing machine the combination of a printing mechanism comprising a revoluble inking sector, a revoluble platen sector,'a ratchet mechanism for rotating the platen inone direction, a reciprocating device for feeding stencil cards forward to said printing mechanism operatively connected to said platen sector, a hand crank for rotating said inking sector and one element of said ratchet mechanism, and means under control of the operator for disabling said feeding device during any one forward feeding rotation of said inking sector and ratchet mechanism; whereby repeated printing from any one card is made possible by disabling said reciprocating feeding device during successive backward and forward rotations of said crank.

9, A mechanism such as defined in claim '8 combined with card guides leading from no additional cards are fed forward by it.

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10. In an addressing machine having an inking mechanism comprising a revoluble inking sector and a revoluble platen sector cooperating therewith, a series of stencil cards, apparatus for feeding said stencil cards to said inking mechanism, and a device for simultaneously operating said ele ments, the combination with the above recited mechanism of means under control of the operator for disconnecting said inking sector from said actuating device while it is out of inking position; whereby cards may then be fed through without printing or smudging although the other sector is revolving idly.

11.1n an addressing machine the combination of a revoluble platen sector, a hand crank operatively connected thereto lined on a revoluble shaft, a revoluble inking sector fixed on a shaft in line with and movable axially toward and from said crank shaft, a clutch normally connecting said shafts, means under control of the operator for moving said inking sector shaft away from said crank shaft to disconnect said clutch, and a card feeding device having an inde pendent connection to said hand crank, whereby cards may be fed through said inking mechanism while it is disabled by the disconnection of said inking sector from said hand crank.

12. A structure such as defined in claim 11 combined with means for positively holding said inkin sector stationary comprising a fixed pin adapted to engage said sector when the latter is forced away from said crank shaft.

13. A structure such as defined in claim 11 combined with means for holding said clutch out of engagement until nearly a complete revolution of said hand crank is effected, but permitting it to recngage at the completion of each revolution.

l l An addressing ap niratus co'm jnrising, in combination, a series of address bearing stencil cards, an inking mechanism com-- prising a revoluble inkingsector and a revoluble platen sector, guides leading to said printing mechanism, a reciprocating mechanism for feeding said cards along said guides part way into the printing zone, a feed sector revolving with said inking sector and adapted to bear on each card presented for cooperation with the inking mechanism and to feed it through the printing zone, a hand crank, and means under control of the operator for connecting it with some or all of said inking; and card feeding elements; whereby all of the cards may be used, or some may be skipped, or repeated printing may be made with any one card. 

